Electric steering-wheel heating element

An electric steering-wheel heating element to be mounted on a steering wheel rim, comprising

• a linear center element made of flat ribbon-shaped, electrically conductive material and having two longitudinal sides,
• at least two curved first adjacent side segments made of flat ribbon-shaped, electrically conductive material and each having at least one free end, and
• at least two curved adjacent second side segments made of flat ribbon-shaped, electrically conductive material and each having at least one free end,
• the shape of said center element and of said first and second curved side segments being configured in such a way that after mounting
• said center element covers an external circumferential region of said steering wheel rim,
• said first side segments alongside one of said two longitudinal sides of said center element cover a side circumferential region on one side of the steering wheel rim,
• said second side segments alongside an other of said two longitudinal sides of said center element cover a side circumferential region on an other side of the steering wheel rim,
• the free ends of adjacent first side segments overlap such that said adjacent first side segments are electrically connected and
• the free ends of adjacent second side segments overlap such that said adjacent second side segments are electrically connected.